Oil on canvas, unsigned, inscribed to verso of stretcher, retaining exhibition label, framed.

Frame dimensions 19 1/4 x 43 1/4 in.

Contemporary Art Collection, J.P. Couch Estate, 2006.

George Arnold was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following his discharge from the Navy, he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with a BFA. He was invited to study and have his artwork critiqued at the Barnes Collection, at that time located in Merion, Pennsylvania. Relocating to North Carolina in the 1950s, he was instrumental in designing the Virginia International Raceway, along with fellow sports car enthusiasts Ed Welch, Ed Alexander, and Hooper Johnson.

George taught art at both NC State School of Design and UNC-Greensboro. He subsequently worked in graphic arts and design, and for a number of years owned and operated George Arnold Associates, a graphic design and trade show display business. He also worked and was skilled in fine art restoration. He was a painter, both in oils and in his favorite medium, watercolor. His works are in a number of private and public collections, including the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Some age cracking to the canvas, small flake at lower edge.